NJIT's Top Newsmakers for 2011 Lauded

NEWARK, Jan 17 2012

At the start of every year, the Office of Strategic Communications looks back at NJIT’s top ten press releases from the previous year which generated the most major media coverage from not only national sources but from around the world. The top ten stories for 2011 are listed below with the release that generated the most coverage, listed first. For more information or to receive copies of the clips, contact Sheryl Weinstein, director of public relations, 973-596-3436.

Facelift for Newark Light Rail Station

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-063.php

Nanotubes, Graphene Attract Attention

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-296.php

5 Hot Spots Where Medicine, Tech Meet

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-210.php

Team New Jersey Builds Solar House

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-253.php

Math Prof Predict Baseball Winners

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-115.php

Edison Invented Concrete House

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-215.php

Headlines for NJIT Grad

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-185.php

NJIT Laptop Orchestra

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-172.php

AGU Gives Lanzerotti Medal

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-468.php

Success With Robots as Learning Tool

http://www.njit.edu/news/2011/2011-462.php

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NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, enrolls more than 9,558 students pursuing bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 120 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report's 2011 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Office of Continuing Professional Education.